Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,897, Israel Driggs, Continental (Conn. Or Mass.)

SERVICE
Continental (Conn. or Mass.).
Driggs, Israel
S 37897
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut ss. Middletown.
a On this 1 st day of April 1813, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Israel Driggs aged 60..... years, resident in Middletown in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to the Law, doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War! That he the said Israel Driggs on the 18 th day of January 1778 enlisted in Springfield in the State of Massachusetts Connecticut, for three years in the Company commanded by Capt. John Wood, in the Regiment commanded by Col. David Baldwin being a Corp of Artillery; That he continued to serve in the said Corp for three years under different

Officey until the 18 th day of January 1781, when he was discharged from Service by a written discharge under the hand of Colo. Baldwin, which dis- -charge he has lost. The said Is- -rael Driggs further declares, that he is wholly destitute of property, & by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, stands in need of the as- -sistance of his country for support.
Sworn & declared before me the day & year aforesaid. G. H. Mosher
13 State of Connecticut S.S. Chidditown. On this 10 th day of April 1818, before me the Subscribed, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Sa- -muel Hough of Meriden in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, declare & say, that he is well acquainted with Israel Driggs of Chidditown

aforsaid, the person who made the preceding declaration on Oath; and that he, the said Samuel Hough, served in the army of the revolution in the company mentioned in the preceding declaration with the said Israel Driggs, and part of the time was Lieutenant in the said Company, and he knows and declares, that the said Israel served there- in as he has stated in his prece- -ding declaration.
Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid. Henry W. Morris
State of Connecticut. p. Wallingford. On this 21 st day of July A.D. 1818 before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears James Jones of said Wallingford, who being by me first duly sworn  affirmed to Law doth, on his Oath, declare and say; That he is well acquainted with Israel Driggs of Middletown in said State of Connecticut, the person who made the first declaration preceding on Oath, and that he,

The said James Jones, on the 19 th day of March 1773 enlisted for three years as an artificer, in the company com- manded by Capt. Stephen Osborn in the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Baldwin, and served until the expiration of said period in the company aforesaid, the said Company ha- ving for a part of the time been commanded by Capt. James Horton, That the said Israel Driggs was an artificer in the said Company when he, the said Jones, enlisted in March 1773, and the said Israel served faithfully in the said Company until January 1781, when he was duly discharged from Service. . . .
The said James Jones further declares, That the said Israel Driggs is a poor man destitute of property. . . .
Sworn to & declared before me the day and year aforesaid —
Isaac Baldwin —

Connecticut Roll.
1837
Not entitled to a pension under the law of the 1 May 1820?
Application sent to John Lick Esq 5 July 1820.
Middletown Connecticut
Isaac Briggs, 4 Cont l Artificer, Baldwin's corps
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818, and sent to S. T. Homer, Esq. Middletown, Conn t .
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semi-annual ending
5 months 4/30
$41.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
78 Three Years
Discontinued
Middletown Connecticut

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 21 st day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the adj d County Court holden at Middletown within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, on the 20 th day of June 182 0 , the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Israel Driggs aged Sixty three years, resident in the town of Middletown in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: That he the said Israel Driggs enlisted for the term of Three Years on the 10 th day of June in the year 1778 in Springfield in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain John Wood in the regiment commanded by Colonel Deatchun Baldwin in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until 19 th Jan y 1781 when he was discharged from the said service in Hudson in the State of New York . That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 1 st day of April 1818 ; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 1637 .
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
I do further solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of Long Island in the Six months Service and at Roxbury in the cannonade when the British advanced on Bunker's Hill .
That I am by occupation a Blacksmith

That the number of my family residing with me is and ages are as follows :
Two
, and their names
my wife Percy aged — 56 yrs
my daughter Mary aged — 23 yrs
That I am very old and very poor that on the 5 th day of March 1876 - I was Permitted to take the poor mans oath and was Released from Gaol in consequence of my poverty since  since which time I have not been molested by my creditors That my wife is like myself infirm and unable to contribute to the support of the family - unless in a very slight degree that in consequence of my sickness and her disabilities & complaints it Requires all my pension money to defray defray the charges of Physicians and supply the most necessary articles of subsistence that without the pension given to me by Government I must must Relv on the Charity of individuals or on the assistance of the Town in which I have a Settlement
Israel Driggs
Sworn to and declared day of June
182
before
the Court of Common Pleas at the Co
on the 20 th
J. P. Wilk Clk of the Court

SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the Court aforesaid.
  one house and 9/4 acres of Land - - - - - $450.00   under mortgages to the amount of $1000 - - - - -   one Pig - - - - - 1.00   one hoe - - - - - 75   one ax - - - - - 25   6 chairs - - - - - 2.00.   one Looking Glass - - - - - 84   2 pewter plates - - - - - 20   1 chest - - - - - 30   1 Iron pot 50 - 1 pr andirons 50 - tongs 25 - - - - - 1.25   1 Dish Wettle 42 - 1 Tea Wettle 50 - - - - - 92   1 Table 25 - 1 pair 16 - - - - - 25   1 Earthen Pot 12 o old pewter $1. Knives & forks 25. 1.37   1 Gridiron 25 - 1 candlestick 6 o - 6 Spoons 12 - - - - - 43   Iron Ware $1. 1 pr feet Irons 50 o 2 tubs 50. - - - - - 1.50   1 pr Steel Gards 34 o 1 hand saw 25 - hammer 25. 84   1 Jug 16 o - 1 Lantern 25 - 6 tea cups, saucers - - - - - 25     $9.02 
Debts which I owe not secured by the above mentioned mortgages about - - - $400.00
Isaac Briggs

I John Dill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex- ed, are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is None dollars and Eighty two cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21 day of June 1820
J. Dill Clerk of S. Court

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Israel Driggs a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 6 mos officers not stated   Jan 18, 1778 3 yrs Artillerist John Wood Stephen Osborn James Norton Edmund Baldwin Corps of Artificers        
Battles engaged in, Long Island - Residence of soldier at enlistment, enl at Springfield Mass in 1778. Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1878. His claim was ad Residence at date of application, Middletown Conn - Age at date of application, 61
Remarks: In 1830s he referred to his wife Percy as 56 & saw Mary 23.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

37 897 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 87 897
Israel Diggs Artificer Ser. No.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mch. 10-98 Hon. W. H. King.
H. of R.
1920 Jan. 22. Reist. to Front B. Duggs. aw

State of Connecticut, S.S. Berlin. D On this 4th day of July 1818, before me the Subscribed, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Ephraim Crofoot of Berlin in said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, declare and say; That he is well acquainted with Israel Priggs of Middlebury in said State, the person who made the first preceding declaration on Oath; That he the the said Ephra- -im Crofoot was an artificer in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jeduthun Baldwin from August 1799 to Au- -gust 1800; That the said Israel Priggs was an artificer in the Compa- -ny commanded by Capt. Stephen Os- -born, & afterwards by Capt. James Horton, and that in the said Ephraim Crofoot worked in the same Shop with the said Israel Priggs, at Danbury in said State,

for more than two years; that when he left the army in August 1780, the said Israel Driggs remained in service, the time for which he enlisted not having expired; and that during his acquaintance with the said Israel in the army, he was a steady & faithful workman. Sworn to & declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Itzhak Hasmer G
State of Connecticut ss. Middletown. On this 2 nd day of July 1818, before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Is- -rael Driggs of Middletown afore- -said, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, clothed, on his oath, declared, in addition to & explanation of his preceding de- -claration, that he (said) himself

to be mistaken in the name of the Col. who commanded the Corps of Artillery to which he belonged, his name being, as his fellow workmen inform him, Jonathan Baldwin, or not David Baldwin.
He further declares, that he first enlisted under Capt. Hood, that he soon after was transferred to the Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Osborn, who commanded the Blacksmiths, of which occupation he was, and when Capt. Osborn retired from Service the said Company was commanded by Capt. James Horton, now said to be residing at Southold on Long Island.
Given & declared before me the day & year above said. J. Titus Wymore.
It is Stephen Titus Wymore a Surgeon of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Is- aac Briggs, did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, and in the first declaration preceding made by him,

against the Common Enemy; and it appears to my satisfaction, as well from my own knowledge as from proof, that he is in pecuniary circumstances, destitute of property. - - - -
I further testify, that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Young, and James Jones, the att- estors for the said Israel Duggs, & declarants in Oath, and that they are men of fair character and unquestioned integrity.
I further testify, that the repre- sentation of Stephen Foster one of the before witnesses, with whom I am not acquainted, is that of a man of truth & integrity.
Stephen Foster
Mineola, June 28 1858
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, that the Honorable Stephen Foster Witness of

Middletown in the State aforesaid, is a Surge of the Superior Court aforesaid, and that his name subscribed to the declarations and certificates preceding marked A. B. C. D. E. F. is his proper hand writing and signa- ture.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Mid- dletown aforesaid on this 2d day of July 1818.
Wm. Wil. C.

Sheddleton July 20 1818 Sir, I transmit the declaration of Isaac Briggs with additional testimony. His testimony and that of Samuel Hough, having become in part obliterated by the (accidental overturning of the Ink Stand, I have thrown them  them into declarations of equivalent import.
It will be found at the war office, by examining the muster roll of Capt. James Horton, en- closed with the declaration of Samuel Hough which I trans- mitted about the 6th of June last, that Isaac Briggs was in his Company. The time, & place, & term of his enlistment, I believe, will like- wise appear. - - - - -
Capt. J. Horton, who commanded the Company at the time of the discharge of Is- aac Briggs, resides at the

East end of Long Island. His testimony would be procured; but the poverty of Isaac Briggs and the necessity of daily labor to sup- -port a numerous family, pre- -sent difficulties not easily over- -mounted. It is hoped that the circumstances may be satisfac- -tory; but if more should be deemed requisite, Mr. Briggs can produce it - - - - -
I am, very respectfully, your most Obedient servant Isaac Briggs
Honorath J. C. Brown

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Ebenezer Gilbert a physician & Surgeon of the said Town of Middletown do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that I am well acquainted with the case of Israel Driggs who was lately on the Pension List of the United States Roll of the Connecticut Agency; that he is deprived, in a great measure of the use of his right leg by a paralytic affection; he has two ruptures, which are most of the time, very troublesome; & his lungs are so much disordered that he is scarcely able to speak. In my opinion, he is totally unable to gain his subsistence by manual labor. Middletown Jan'y. 22, 1821.
Ebenezer Gilbert
I Edward S. Cone Physician & Surgeon living in said Middletown do certify to all to whom this the preceding may come that I have examined Israel Driggs - & that I fully agree & concur with Dr Ebenezer Gilbert in the statement of rupture paralysis & loss of speech in said Driggs, & in the opinion of his utter inability to work as stated by Dr Gilbert.
Edward S. Cone
Jan'y. 30 th 1821

United States of America. State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Jonathan Barnes Jr a Notary Public duly appointed & sworn residing in said Middletown do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Ebenezer Gilbert, & Edward S. Cone, who are credible persons, appeared before me personally on this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one, & made solemn oath, in due form of Law, to the truth of the matters & things contained in the preceding certificates, & statements by them severally subscribed respecting the case of Israel Driggs.
Witness my signature and seal of office.
Jon a Barnes Jr. Notary Public.

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 6 th day of Febry 1821 personally appeared in open Court, before the special County Court held at Middletown within and for the County of Middlesex — in said State, on the 6 th day of Febry 1821, the same being a court of record, proceeding ac- cording to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Israel Driggs — aged 63 years, resident in the town of Middletown , in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolu- tionary war, as follows: That he the said Israel Driggs — enlisted for the term of three Years — on the 18 th day of Janry in the year 1778 . in Springfield in the State of Massachusetts . in the company commanded by Captain John Wood — in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Sethum Buttrick in the line of the State of Artificers on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of his Term Janry 18. 1781 — when he was discharged from the said service in Dutch Kill in the State of New York as by his application in June 1820 will more fully & correctly appear That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 1 st day of April 1818 ; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 1637 .
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" and that I have not, nor has any person, in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
I do, further solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of  sundry Skirmishes when in the six & seven months service &c.
That I am by occupation a Blacksmith

That the number of my family residing with me is one & her , and their names and ages are as follows: Percy my Wife aged 57 Years
that I am sick & poor & utterly incapable of providing for myself as the accompanying documents will show & that the property mentioned in my former application under the law of May 1820 which was then under a Mortgage greater than its Value, is now taken by my Creditors to satisfy their demands
Israel Driggs
Sworn to and declared on the sixth day of July 1821, before the Court held as aforesaid Geo. W. Ellis J. P. Court

SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the County - - - Court aforesaid.
Sundry articles of furniture appraised after inspection at. $19 81
Isaac Briggs

I  Solomon Bick - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas - aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex- ed, are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Nineteen - dollars and Eighty One cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 6 th day of July - 1821.
Solomon Bick
Clerk of S d Court

Draft for Rose Schulz

United States of America.
State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Jonathan Barnes Jr. a Notary Public duly appointed & sworn, residing in said Middletown, do hereby certify to all whom it may concern, that Messieurs Seth Paddock, Jonas Edwards, James Hart, Joseph Coe Jr., Stephen Rainey, & John Bill, whose names are subscribed in their own proper hand-writings, respectively, to the preceding certificate of the circumstances of Israel Driggs, were, at the time of subscribing said certificate, & they still are, the Select Men of said Town of Middletown, duly constituted, & by the Laws of said State, authorized & required to take the charge & oversight of the poor of said Town, & of all other persons, who ap- ply to the Town for relief in their indi- gence; & that full faith & credit are due to the official certificates of the said Se- lect Men.
In testimony whereof,

I have hereto set my signature & Seal of Office this Twenty Seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty.
Jon a Barnes Jr. Notary Public. —

Middletown 11 th day of December 1820 We the Undersigned being Duly Appointed Select Men for the Town of Middletown do hereby Recommend Israel Briggs of Said Middletown in Middlesex County as in poor & Indigent circumstances & very poor in health & Not having any property but has Applied to Us for Relief for Wood & Flour & Coals Our Wishes are that you Honor the Secretary of War to take into your Serious Consideration the Necessity of his wants & Grant that his former Pension on the Establishment might continue We being well acquainted with his Situation do hereby Recommend him as a Subject that is Under poor & Necessitous circumstances that your Honor will Grant
Seth Paddock Lena Edwards James Hart Joseph Cox Jr Stephen Rainey John Bill
} Select Men for the Town Middletown

I Israel Driggs of Middletown, Co. of Middlesex, & State of Connecticut do testify; That I belonged to the army in the War of the Revolution for three years; That I enlisted in the army on the 18 th day of January One Thousand, Seven Hundred & Seventy Eight for the term of three years, as an artificer, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John ... Regiment commanded by Col. ... Baldwin; I served in said ... three years, under different Officers, on the 18 th of January One Thousand ... Hundred & Eighty One, when ... was discharged from the service ... charge under the hand of Col. ... which I have lost, ...
I further testify that I am wholly ... of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support for the South not, Middletown April 1. 1818 Israel Driggs
I Samuel Hough of Meriden, in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut do testify; That I am well ac-

granted with Israel Driggs of said Hartford sign of the preceding De- position; that I served in the army of the Revolution in the Company mentio- ned in his aforesaid Deposition with the said Israel, & part of the time was Lieutenant in the said Company; I do hereby declare, that the said Israel served therein as he has said in this Deposition aforesaid; Further saith not Hartford April 1. 1815
Samuel Hough
State of Connecticut ss. In Middletown April 3 1818. Personally came Israel Driggs of Hartford, signer of the preceding De- position on the first page, & made oath the truth thereof, and personally came Samuel Hough of Meriden, signer of the Deposition immediately preceding the truth thereof
before me John Warner a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut
10.
I Stephen Titus Warner a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that, it appearing to my satisfac- tion, that Israel Driggs the

Signer of the first Deposition in this paper, served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as in his Deposition he has testified; I, therefore, transmit the preceding testimony. S. Titus Hosmer.
Middletown County, April 1 st 1818.
To the Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress for revolutionary Soldiers.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify, That the Honorable Stephen Titus Hosmer of Middletown in the State of Conn, is a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing proceeding marked A. B. is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court at Middletown aforesaid on this 20 th day of April 1818.
John Fisk Clerk

Rec. Sec. Westfield, New York Jan. 10-1920
Pension Department Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: Will you kindly send me such information as is recorded about the family and the services of Israel Drigge (or Dregge) a Revolutionary pensioner, from Middletown, Conn.
Yr truly Yours
Frank B. Drigge 33 Main St. Westfield New York